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Art of Clay: Timeless Pottery of the SouthwestSanta Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. Clear Light Pub 1993 0940666197 / 9780940666191 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine SignedSanta Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Clear Light Pub, 1993 139 pp with color illustrations on every page. The works of the Southwest Pueblo potters starting with Maria Martinez. Signed on a tipped-in page by thirteen of the artists. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black cloth boards with silver-stamped titles are clean and undamaged, as is the black cloth slipcase.. By Subjects. First Edition. Hard Cover, Slip Cased. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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310.00 USD

Bland, AlexanderThe Nureyev Image Signed CopyU.S.A. Quadrangle 1976 First American Edition. Hardcover As New As New SignedU.S.A.: Quadrangle, 1976 288 pp with B&W photoraphy on every page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Rudolf Nureyev's ink signature (with spelling Nureev) on title page. Green cloth boards with titles in white along spine are clean and undamaged. DJ is bright, intact, not price-clipped. This is a truly immaculate copy, in protective mylar.. By Subject on title Page. First American Edition.. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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525.00 USD

Caroe, OlafThe Pathans 550 B.C. - A.D. 1957St. Martin's Press 1958 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket SignedSt. Martin's Press, 1958 x, 121 pp with 12 B&W plates and 6 maps. With an inscription by author, "In gratitude for American understanding , and in expectation of its increase_ from the author" dated 1963. From the library of William Spenger (1923 - 2005) , Country Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from July 1970-July 1971 Text is clean, tight, with some underlining and marginalia. Blue cloth boards are bumped at extremities.. Dedication By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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135.00 USD

Carruthers, DouglasBeyond the Caspian A Naturalist in Central AsiaEdinburgh, Scotland Oliver and Boyd 1949 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Beddington, Roy SignedEdinburgh, Scotland: Oliver and Boyd, 1949 xx, 289 pp with16 B&W photographs by the author and 6 colour illustrations by Roy Beddington.. Large coloured fold-out map of Central Asia at end of text. Of this book Carruthers states,"I was lucky. My new home stretched from the Caspian to Mongolia, from Siberia to India. My playground was the Gobi Desert and the Hungry Steppe; my garden the flower-strewn Heavenly Mountains and the rose-encumbered gorges of Bukhara. My park comprised the Hindu Kush, the Pamirs and the Altai. My chase held the giant wild ram, the heraldic beast of central Asia - primeval patriarch, perhaps of all the flocks on earth, besides the world's biggest ibex, stags, and roe-deer there were tigers and wild asses. The river valleys swarmed with pheasants and the open plains with partridges; myriads of wildfowl crowded the lakes in winter. For three years I had the run of it all, but three years were not enough. For his mapping and specimen collecting Carruthers was awarded the Patron's gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. Signed with a dedication by the author to Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear. This is a dedication from one great naturalist to another. Kennear, (11 August 1882 -11 August 1957) a Scottish zoologist and ornithologist was Curator of the museum of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), a position he held from November 1, 1907 to November 1919, as well as being assistant editor of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.. He helped the BNHS organize its survey of Indian mammals which were begun around 1911. When the First World War broke out he attempted to join the Indian army but only served briefly in the Bombay volunteer rifles and as an intelligence officer in the defense of Bombay port between 1915 and 1919. During this time he also prepared a booklet on the animals of Mesopotamia. In 1920 he returned to Britain and became an assistant in the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, becoming Keeper of Zoology in 1945. In 1947 the trustees of the Museum took the decision to appoint him as Director of the Museum. He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1948 and was knighted in June of 1950. He was also a fellow of the Linnean Society of London He had a great interest in the writings of the naturalists on the voyages of James Cook. He was one of the founders of the Society for the History of Natural History. He wrote two papers in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society on the history of Indian ornithology and mammalogy. He edited editions of the Popular Handbook of Indian Birds In addition to the dedication there are two glowing newspaper obituaries for Douglas Carruthers pasted on the front endpapers. The outline of these clippings has caused some tanning on the opposing pages otherwise the text is clean, tight, unmarked and the map is clean and undamaged. The red cloth boards with gold blind-stamped titles on the cover and spine are in "about fine" condition with a little bumping to the cormers and spine ends with no loss of material or colour, boards are slightly bowed.. Dedication By Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Beddington, Roy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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285.00 USD

Chauvenet, BeatriceHoly Faith in Santa Fe the Story of a Pioneer ParrishThe Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith Hardcover Very Good Plus SignedThe Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith 64 (5) pp. with eight B&W plates. The history of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico starting in 1863. Text is clean, tight and unmrked. Signed by author on title page. Covers are clean and undamaged.. Signed by Author on title Page. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good Plus.
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21.00 USD

Clou, JohnA Caravan to CamulBobbs-Merrill 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket SignedBobbs-Merrill, 1954 383 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are slightly faded along the spine. Signed by the author on the title page.. Signed by Author on title Page. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition.
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29.00 USD

Copeland, AaronAAron Copeland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Signed By AAron CopelandEngland Boosey & Hawkes Paperback Fine SignedEngland: Boosey & Hawkes 96 pp. The scores to Buckeroo Holiday, Corral Nocturne, Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe-Down from the ballet, "Rodeo." Signed by Copeland on the title page with a dedication to John Carroll Collins. John Carroll Collins (1927 - 2014) was an antique and fine art appraiser with his own firm in Dallas, TX. Save for the dedication the book is "as new.". Dedication By Author. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5.25" x 7.25".
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325.00 USD

Curle, RichardCollecting American First Editions Its Pitfalls and Pleasures1930 Limited Edition of 1250 Hardcover Near Fine Good Signed1930 221 pp 12 B&Wplates. Printed on laid stock, deckled edges. text is clean, tight and unmarked., number 24 of an edition of 1250. Signed by author under number. dark blue glazed cloth boards with beveled edges are clean and undamaged , the top and botton half inch of the spine is slightly discolored. Case is bumped and chipped, all seams tender but holding.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition of 1250. Hard Cover, Slip Cased. Near Fine/Good. Dust jacket present.
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85.00 USD

Dedmond, Francis B.Catawba the Story of a CollegeBoone, NC Arromondt House 1989 First Edition Hardcover Fine Good Minus SignedBoone, NC: Arromondt House, 1989 285 pp with B&W illustrations in text. The history of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina from 1851 to 1989. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Signed by author on half=title page. Blue glazed cloth boards with white quarter-binding are immaculate. The dust jacket is intact but rubbed, now in protective mylar wrapper.. Signed by Author on Half Title Page. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good Minus. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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10.00 USD

Dietz, HowardDancing in the DarkNew York Quadrangle/ New York Times Book Co 1974 First Edition Hardcover Fine Near Fine SignedNew York: Quadrangle/ New York Times Book Co, 1974 369 pp with index. Autobiography of the composer and major figure of the golden era of American entertainment. With adedication by the author to screenwriter, Nunnally Johnson. "I'm basking where it's sunnily, for words to rhyme with Nunnally." plus a comic drawing of a naked lady with a cello. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is intact, clean and bright with slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine.. Dedication By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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155.00 USD